Kilt pins?

[Bugbear]

I should add that I don't have any good pictures of the kilt pins I talked about. I do have a picture of a zebra kilt pin that Moosedog sent to me up in the gallery in the accessories section right at the moment. I'm not sure how long I'll leave it up there.

But basicly if you see something that you think would make an interesting kilt pin, like an old Roman coin or something like that, you should be able to stick a pin back of some sort or another on it and use it. That's where looking around at craft stores and places like that will be needed...
You might try a small see shell, or for a solid color kilt, safetypin on a tarten swatch ribbon. Try to get the curved quilter safetypins if you can. All kinds of things are potential kilt pins.

It's a little on the heavy side, but you might take one of those ZZ Top key chain, and see if it will stick on a magnet... That might work. Like I said, you could do all kinds of things.

[cavscout]

A kilt pin is a perfect item to make your outfit unique to you, so I feel kilt pins should represent or symbolize something about you. Have a peak at some of Robin's pins at www.kiltgoodies.com for some very unique ideas.

You could start by determining the method you want to use to attach the pin to the kilt. Most use a pin fastener of some sort. Others have used magnets. Once you determine the size and method of the attachment device you can start looking around for items that present the image you want that could be attached or easily modified to the fastener.

Size (length and width) may be the biggest factor to me. I prefer long narrow pins no bigger than 1" x 3" or 4". You find a great one about the size of a cap badge or something smaller.

The other factor to me is weight. I don't have a lot of issues with wind lifting the apron where I live so I prefer pins that don't put a lot of weight on the fabric. But you may be able to get by with something as heavy as 3 oz. maybe a bit more.

Of course all of the above is just my thought process, you may choose to start with the decoration item and figure out how to attach it after.